Holocene fire history of a coastal temperate rain forest based on soil charcoal radiocarbon dates

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 186-201

  Gavin, Daniel G ^a,c   Brubaker, Linda B ^a   Lertzman, Kenneth P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia, Canada; Climate change; Climate terrain fire interaction; Coastal temperate rain forest; Disturbance, long term role; Fire history; Holocene fire history; Pacific Northwest forests; Paleoecology; Radiocarbon dating; Soil charcoal

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 0037691766     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0186:HFHOAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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